SIX KILLED.
A Big Pour Triln St Columbus Dashes Into
Curry Only On O-it of a Family
of Seven fcscspes.
Alt but one c tin 'even members of
the fnmlly of William Hclnh.ird, of
Columbus, O., were killed, unci the re
maining one was badly Injured by a
Hlg Four pusenger train hist Hunday
afternoon.
The dead: Wllllnm Helnhnrd. nged
41; Rnrhnol Relnhnrd. aged 40; Wll
llnm Helnhnrd, aged 12; Arthur Roin
hnrd, aKi'd 9; Kiul Helnhnrd, aged 7;
Kdwnrd Holnlinrd, oged f.
Injured: Clarence Relnhnrd, aged
14, collarbone broken.
Mr. and Mis. Helnhnrd and tbe'r five
boys were out riding In a rurny.
They hod culled at the home or Mrs.
Jacob Hoffman, near the Htnt ' fair
grounds, whose husband had been
killed In the railroad yards only Inst
Friday, and were on their way to the
home of n sister of Mr. Helnhnrd.
They npprnm lied the Woodward ave
nue crossing of the i'.lg Tour railroad
at the southwest enlriinee if the fair
grounds Trom the east Just ns the west
bound passenger train on the H g
Four, nriivInK at 3:15. was due.
There Is no watchman r signal pontr
at the crossing, and the fair wound
fence ohsrures the nppi onchlng trains
on the north, so that Ice crossing Is
n. dnnKeroiis one. The tnin whistled
for the crossing, but It was running at
n speed of 40 mile an hour, and came
upon the party so quickly that there
was no chance for escape.
Mr. Kelnhard noticed the train Just
as soon ns the horse attached was up
on the track ami tried to turn the
horse to one side. The online struck
the horse and the surrey was whirled
against the engine. All the occupants
of the vehicle were hurled Into the air,
and the horse, w hich was literally torn
to pieces, was carried several hundred
feet, while the surry was knockd Into
kindling wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Tlelnhnrd and their
sons, Arthur and Kail, were Instantly
killed, their bodies being frightfully
mnngled. The other boys Clarence,
William and Kdwnrd were still alive,
and were taken to a city hospital,
where William and Kdward died this
evening;. Clarence, who has a broken
collarbone and other severe Injuries,
will probably not survive.
AMERICAN EOLDIfc-KV MISERY.
The 8oldlers t Msnil Bleep nd Est Sur.
rounded by Water.
It has been rnlnlng and storming al
most constantly for two days at Manila
and the country along the American
south and bay lines Is literally flooded.
The soldiers are suffering great dis
comfort. The Thirteenth Infantry
regiment at l'asay Is in the worst posi
tion, being practically surrounded by
water.
The bridges that were used for get
ting supplies have been washed away,
and some of the companies nre now
separated by streams six feet deep. In
many cases the men are sleeping with
three feet of water beneath their
bunks, which arc elevated on cracker
boxes. The company cooks, when pre
paring; the meuls, stand knee-deep in
witter.
Home of the roads lending to Pasay
9re simply impassable, and the rice
fields on all sides are one Kreat loke.
A high wind blew over several tents
af the Second reserve hospital.
Manila bay Is Impossible of naviga
tion by either launches or canoes, and
no vessels are leaving the harbor.
The United States transport Centen
nial Is ready to sail for San Francisco
with discharged soldiers, but the lat
ter have to sit around the water front
nil day, drenched to the skin, waiting
for a launch to take them to the
steamer.
PRESIDENT IN CHARGE.
Personally Directing the War in the Philippines.
Hie Plane.
President McKlnley la now acting as
the head of the army and Is personally
directing the Philippine campaign.
When the president was asked by a
friend recently why he did not leave
the details of the war to his subordi
nates and take a vacation, he replied
by quoting the Bentence from the con
stitution which states that the presi
dent Bhr.ll be commander-in-chief of
the army and navy. In further ex
planation he said:
"How can I take to the woods while
there Is so much to be done toward
raising and looking after the army In
the Philippines and to faithfully curry
out the obligations Imposed upon me
by the constitution? It Is my desire
that the army In the Philippines shall
be the best In the world; that Gen,
Otis shall have everything he requires
for the comfort of his troops and that
there shall luck nothing to bring the
campaign to a speedy and successful
termination. I am not giving any
' thought to the question of a vacation
now and will not until Gen. Otis' rein
forcements are well under way and all
arrangements have been perfected for
the return of the volunteers."
The Christian Endeavor Convention.
Detroit Is disappointed on account
of the smull attendance at the Christian
Endeavor convention last week.
Twenty thousand visitors were present
although 50,000 were expected. Resolu
tions protesting against the opening of
fairs and expositions were adopted.
Protests against the seating of Mor
mon Itoberts in Congress were ulso
filed. .
In a big peace Jubilee held by the
Christian Endeavor on llelle Isle, De
troit, last Bunduy, most friendly
speeches were mude by English and
American orators, and resolutions
were passed calling on Congress to re
fuse to seat Congressman-elect Rob
srts, of Utah.
Eesth in a Confusion ol Orders, '
A heavy storm and a confusion of
orders caused a serious wrecK on tne
Akron, Bedford & Cleveland Electrlo
line a few days ago. As a result one
boy was killed Instantly, two others
are In a dying condition and a full
dozen were more or less Injured.
Dead; Howard Martin, 14 years, son
of Motorman Earl T. Martin, with
whom he was riding.
Fatally Injured: Clarence Smith,
aged 35, assistant superintendent on
the Akron, Hertford & Cleveland, of
Cuyohoga Falls, Internal Injuries.
Karl T. Martin, aged S3, motorman, of
Cuyahoga Falls, both legs crushed,
scalp wound and Internal Injuries.
May Need the l f in Heaven
Peter Conroy of New York had one
of his legs amputated at the Ilellovue
hospital. Mrs. Conroy wants 111 in to
have the leg buried with due ceremony
in Calvary cemetery. She believes he
will need the leg In heaven, Conroy
allowed his wife to have her way. Shu
enlisted the services of an undertaker,
after two failures, and he went after
vthc leg. The lioap tul authorities ta d,
VJt was to be treated as remains. It
lid only be removed by consent of
I coroner. The coroner did not think
permit necessary and wtod to
yvk up the law.
TEKSB TELEGRAMS.
The mining town of Coultervllle, Cal.,
Was destroyed by fire last week.
Fifteen seconds was the duration of
an earthquake at San Francisco last
Friday.
Wllllnm Hans was burned to death
by a gas explosion at Pittsburg last
Sunday.
Martial law has boon declared at
London, Ont. Street car strikers are
causing the trouble.
Ten thousand pajamas for the Amer
ican soldiers In the Philippines have
been contracted for.
It Is rumored at Princeton thnt Orov-
er Cleveland will accept a professor
ship in the university.
A Rnston Judge hna decided that
Wheeling stogies must be made In
Wheeling and not In other cities.
The state of Georgia has confiscated
ml I ions of unions of oil whh'h nre said
to be below the required standard.
Helen Icrsch. two-years old, died
from the effects of a bite of a kissing
bug nt Trenton, N. J., last Sunday.
The New York Central, and the
Pennsylvania railroad hnve formed a
compact and nre now practically one.
The Michigan supreme court has de
cided thnt Gov. Pingree's street rail
way purchase luw Is unconstitutional.
Chicago millionaires prefer to pay
henvy penalties rather than make
sworn statements concerning their
wealth.
Wllllnm Martin. 6 years old. died of
blood poisoning at Philadelphia a few
days ago. resulting from the bits of a
kissing bug.
The rush for Europe Is si great that
the steamship companies can not
handle It. All the Hues have ordered
from two to four new ships.
A reunion of mrmbers ot the famous
Kit Klux Klnn, which flourished In the
South after the war, Is being planned
and will be held In Atlantu.
Wllllnm Pnrry was shot and killed by
Michael lltirtunl at Pittsburg last Wed
nesday. Harry attempted to Interfere
with Hu flan I who was about to beat a
boy.
Copt. Wllllnm Champion of Newport,
H. I., rescued six sailors of the battle
ship Indinna Inst Wednesday. The men
were nut in a row boat and a squall
struck them.
A calf at Philadelphia butted a keg
containing dynnmlte to which boys
hnd attached a lighted fuse. What
was left of the animal was gathered
up with shovels.
Frank Mnrtlniskl, 4 years old, of
Pittsburg, Tuesduy was Instantly killed
by a Traction car. He, with his sister
Annn, 10 years old. was watching the
display of fireworks.
Robbers stole four wagonloads of
goods from a New York store a few
days ago. A police captain rebuffed
a citizen who had run after him to call
his attention to the thieves.
On the chnrge of polygamy, a war
rant sworn to by a New York news
paper, has been Issued for the arrest
of President Angus M. Cannon, of the
Mormon church at Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Wm. Mncksey of Chicago was
held up on the street and robbed of $300
diamond earrings. Then the robber,
pistol in hand, compelled her to kiss
him, murmured tils thanks and disap
peared. Squire Tankard, an Englishman,
nhot nnd killed Mrs. W. Benumont at
Chautauqua Lake, near Corry, Pa.,
lust Thursday. He also seriously
wounded her husband. The murderer
escaped.
Miss Alice Cowles of Springfield,
Mass., married another man where
upon Dr. 11. A. Gaylord committed sui
cide. This so affected the girl that Bhe
too attempted suicide, but doctors ar
rived before the drug had time to act.
When Mrs Jackson, of Pittsburg,
heard that her son William, had been
convicted of murder In the first degree
last Friday, she attempted suicide by
throwing herself in front of an electric
car. Fortunately the car was stopped
In time.
Fourth of July casualties in the
United Stntes were as follows: Dead,
3.'1 ; Injured, 1,730; fire losses, $233,070;
Injured by cannoncrackers, 731; In
jured by powder explosions, 257; in
jured by toy cannon, 25a; hit by stray
bullets, 60.
Samuel S. Pague, ex-llcutenant of
the United States army, was found
dead In a Chicago lodging house with
a bottle of chloral by his side, indica
ting suicide. He created a sensation
In 1895 by trying to shoot Colonel Crof-
ton, whom he charged with paying at
tentions to his wire.
The sudden rise In copper Is res
ponsible for extraordinary difficulties
now confronting the Chinese currency
system, according to United States
Consul Fowler. The result has been
that the cash or subsidiary coin Is now
worth more than its token value in
sliver.
The Fourth of July parade at San
Francisco was unique. The curious
feature was that Chinese, who, 20
years ago, would not have dared to
appear on the streets of Frisco in pa
rade, made the finest showing. They
received unstinted applause alt along
the line. The Six Chinese Companies
spent $15,000 on floats and costumes.
Airs. John McCormlck walked into
the undertaking establishment of John
Lebanon, at St. Louts, the other
morning, out of curiosity, to look at a
corpse on exhibition to advertise an
embalming fluid. She was horrified to
And the body that of her husband,
who disappeared last August. The
body was found hanging in a Box car
In East St. Louis, in March, and as It
was not Identified, fell into the under
takers hands.
Judge Gibbons Thursday delivered
his opinion on the order of the South
Park, Chicago, Commissioners prohi
biting the use of automobiles on the
boulevards. He declared the ordinance
void.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Nearly F.vs Hundred Officers Needed for the
rniiippines.
The war department officials are
busily engaged in preparing the list
of appointments of officers not already
ar.nounced for the 10 new regiments
of Infantry to be organized for service
in the Philippines. Approximately
there are nearly 500 of these In all, in
cluding those of the line and staff.
The colonels for nine of the regiments
have been made public. but the selection
of the tenth, It is said, has not been
delinitely determined. All the officers
for the regiments are to be from the
regular army establishment and from
among those who saw actual service
in the Spanish war and whose records
and capacity are known at the war de
partment. A large proportion of them
are expected to be announced during
the early days ot the week.
Kissed H i Emp oyer's Dying Wife,
Mrs. Grace Miller, the young wife of
Wl Hum Miller, a grocer of St. Louis.
was snot to death last Wednesday by
her huuiiund's clerk, Eugene Donnelly,
After tne woman had fallen mortally
wounded, Donnelly leaned over and
kissed her. He retreuted, with a cool
wurnltig to the fronsied husband, who
had witnessed the farewell caress, not
to follow on penalty ot nis life.
Donnelly surrendered himself at
police station several hours later. He
claimed he had shot Mrs Miller "purely
TEXHS Dl BY THE FLOOD.
THIRTY-EIGHT DEAD.
Thousands of Colored Refugees art Huddled In
the Large Towns A welting Relief Prop,
trty Loss Exceeds (0,000,000.
The loss ot life, the destitution and
the enormous property loss resulting
from the floods In Texas last week Is
something enormous. Thirty-eight
known dead, 25,000 destitute refugees
herded into the towns, 10,000 to 15,000
square miles of fertile farniinc country
under water nnd property losses ex
ceeding fti.OOO.Ooo this Is. In brief, the
story of the flood that has swept down
tno tnousand-mlle valley of the Urnxos
river d'liln-4 the lnvt ten divs.
The Hood started on the Upper pras
es, about l.OfK) miles from the Gulf, on
Wednesday week. Since thnt time the
entire district tribntnry to the IIirkom
river has bren deluged. For the lust
four days the flood was confined to the
tetrltory lying between Calvert and
Hempstend. Since then the wateis, In
passing to the Gulf, have flooded all
the country from Hempstend north.
During the past four days It hns been
growing worse south of Hempstead. Thj
innna south or llenipsteail nre so low,
and the water will spread over so much
ground, that It can not do the d:tmnge
thnt It did on the Upper P.rnxos.
The destitute, most of them negro
tenant farmers, picked out of tree
tops, off high mounds and floating
ciohrls, and otherwise brought Into tne
towns, are closely estimated to number
25,000.
Losses nre estimated ns follows:
Cotton growers. 12.000.000: corn srrow-
crs, 1100,000: public bridges and roads,
iu,j.,M,ii; small tarmers on houses,
slock, melon crop, orchards, etc., $3,
150.000; tobacco growers, $."0,000; rail
roads by washouts of tracks and
bridges, $400,000.
The above estlmntp of the rnllronils'
shnre of the flood's cost does not in
clude their loss on business, tied up for
two weeks. Some of the lines will not
be nble to resume operations until the
middle of next week.
The Governor Sundny was busy di
recting the various movements for re
lief. Hundreds of people were report
td treed on the knoll on the bottom
land. Governor Snyers, on receipt of
this Information, ordered boats sent
from Houston to their rescue, which
order was promptly compiled with.
The constant appeals to Governor
Snyers Indicate thnt the figures
quoted as to the destitution are If any-
ining. lower man really exist. During
the pnst few days the Governor has
received about $30,000 In money nnd a
great many provisions, nil of which
are being expended In behalf of and
delivered to the flood sufferers as
rapidly as possible.
From every section of Texas' flool
strlcken district now comes the wall
of suffering humanity. Governor
Snyers, backed by the people of Texas
and charitably Inclined persons abroad
bus rallied to the assistance c.f the
sufferers, and it Is believed that with
in the next day or so nil of them wHl
be getting mnterinl assistance.
A telephone message from Deputy
Sheriff Swearlnger, of Calvert, Tex.,
received Thursday snys that 200 lives
have been lost by the floods within a
radius of 30 miles of Penley. Nearly
100 were drowned In the vicinity of
The Mound, n small piece of Highland
near San Pbllllpl, to which hundreds
of negroes fled from the Drnzos bot
toms, taking horses and cattle.
Gov. Sayers, of Texns, has received
a message from Sealey over the long
distance telephone, saying thnt 1,000
persons who hnd tnken refuge on a
mound three miles below there nre
slowly perishing for the want of food.
To add to the horror, the unfortu
nates are surrounded by poisonous
reptiles. Huddled together with the hu
man beings are several hundred head
of live stock. A number of those on the
mound have received bites from the
reptiles and are In a dying condition.
ROBERT BONNER DEAD.
Famous as a Publisher and Owner ol Fast
Horses.
Robert Bonner died Thursday even
ing at his home in New York City.
Mr. Bonner's death was not unex
pected. He suffered a severe shock
when his friend and pastor, Dr. John
Hall, of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, died last autumn, and the
shock was aggravated when his eldest
son, Andrew Allen Bonner, died last
December. Since then Robert Bon
ner's vital forces had gradually failed.
His ailment was complicated by severe
Indigestion. Pioneer in lavish expen
diture for advertising, owner and
driver ot the fastest trotting horses in
the world, the friend of Henry Ward
Beecher, Edward Everett and a group
of literary men who were famous in
the last generation, Robert Bonner
made himself a millionaire by business
ability pure and simple, and spent al
most a lifetime In perfecting a system
for shoeing a horse. He came from
sturdy Scotch-Irish stock, and was
born in Ramelton, Ireland, In 1824. He
was 15 years old when he came to this
country and began business life as an
apprentice In the composing room of
the Hartford Courant a "printers'
devil." He retired from the publish
ing business several yeurs ago worth
beveral millions, and only two years
ago, in the preface to his catalogue ot
trotting horse stock, he wrote;
"Since I began purchasing trotting
horses I have expended about $600,000
In this way. To those friends who
have criticised me for having paid so
much money for horses I may be par
doned for Baying that I have given
away a much larger sum than that for
religious and benevolent purposes.
SEWED V? HIS HEART.
A Rabbi Survives the Stub ol a N'szro--Remarkable
Surgery.
For probably the first time in medi
cal history the left ventricle of a hu
man heart has been sewed up and the
patient lives.
Louis Ginsberg, a Hebrew rabbi, of
Binghamtou, was stabbed by a negro
and fell dying. Ginsberg's wife rushed
to his side, imploring him not to give
up. A physician who was called In
jected saline solution to replace the
blood. . The man still lived. The ribs
were parted and the heart exposed.
Between pulsutlons, with lightning
rapidity, a needle and thread were
passed through the left ventricle, sev
eral stitches being taken. Then the
patient rallied.
A Rous ng Reception Planned For.
The Tenth Pennsylvania regiment is
to receive a rousing welcome when It
arrives from Manila next month. The
Pennsylvania railroad will furnish
free, a train to bring the troops from
San Francisco to Pittsburg. President
McKlnley has promised to be at Pitts
burg when the famous regiment Is to
be mustered out.
Saved Became ol tne fcpanleh War.
A stray bullet struck Miss Florence
Larkln of New York the other day
when she was on a trolley car. She
wore a button given her by a soldier
who fought at Sibouey.
RECEIVERSHIP ENDS.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Again in ths
Hands ef Stockholders,
The Receivership of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad terminated with
the first of the present month and the
property was turned over to the stock
holders without formal ceremony. The
new officers ore President, John K,
Cowen; First Vice-President, Oscar G.
Murray; Second Vice-President nnd
General Manager, Fred 1). Under
wood; Treosurer, w. H. IJams, Secre
tary, C. W. Woolford; General Attor
ney, Hugh L. Bond, Jr.
John K. Cowen nnd Oscar C, Mur
ray were appointed Receivers of the
company on February 29th, 1806, by the
United States Court for the District rf
Maryland. Being fnmlllnr with the
needs of the property, the Receivers
decided that the only wise course to
pursue was to practically rebuild and
re-equlp the railroad. The physical
condition was bod. Its equipment an
tiquated and Inndegunte to handle
business nnd Its insulllclency was
such ns to seriously Injure the
revenues.
The Receivers' plnns were discussed
by the security holders and as n large
majority agreed to the provision of
enough funds to place the rond In a
condition to handle Its traffic, they ob
tained permission of the Court to Is
sue certificates for the purchase, by
menns of equipment trusts and Re
ceivers' ccrllllcntes, of new cars and
locomotives nnd to Improve the physi
cal condition of the property.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Is
now in good physical shape and has
equipment of modern construction,
sufllclcnt to handle a large trnfllc sat
isfactorily. The gross earnings hnve
greatly Increased and the net enrnlngs
are expected to be larger when the
Improvements, now unuer way, be
come available.
The reorganization plnn gives the
company the following new securities:
Prior Lien 3Mi per cent, gold bonds,
$70,000,000; First Mortgage 4 per cent,
gold bonds; $e",000,000; 4 per cent, non
cumulative preferred stock $40,000,000.
common stock $35,000,000. on June 28th
the preferred stock was Increased to
$50,000,000 and the common stock to
$45,000,000 for the purpose of cr trying
out the plan of reorganization of the
Baltimore and Ohio South Western
Railway.
The plan also provided for the pay
ment In full of all Receivers' Indebted
ness, the entire floating debt of the
company, and of oil car trust obliga
tions, enabling the company to begin
the fiscal year of 1899-1900 with all its
obligations paid.
For the reason thnt reorganization
was posslblo without a foreclosure,
the original chnrter of the company
remains in force, and the next annual
meeting ot the stockholders will be the
73rd.
The proposed expenditures on the
property aggregate approximately ten
millions. During their administration
the Receivers' purchased 15,350 box
cars, 8,750 wooden gondola cars, 6,000
pressed steel cars, 310 miscellaneous
freight cars, postal express and din
ing car equipment, nt a totnl cost of
$17,000,000. The 216 locomotives cost
nearly two and one half millions. The
steel rail purchased amounted to 121.
010 tons, costing $2,142,132. and there
were bought over 3,000.000 cross ties,
costing $1,200,000, and 60.000 cubic
ynrds of ballast amounting to $525,
000. The new steel bridges aggregate
in value $750,000 and fully ns much
more was spent In Improving the
several terminals, erecting new build
ings, reducing grades and changing
the alignment. The Maintenance of
Way pay-rolls or the amount paid dir
ectly to men employed In making Im
provements on the tracks, etc. In three
yenrs. was nearly twelve millions of
dollars.
The total amounts to about 83 mil
lions, of which about 15 millions were
secured by the Issuance of Receivers'
certificates and the balance through
car trusts, enrnlngs from the property
and from the Reorganization Man
agers. Most of the purchases of equip
ment nnd rail were made when matr
Inl was low in price nnd manufacture
lng concerns were In great need of or
ders to keep their plants In operntlon.
Steel rails are worth now from $6 to $3
a ton more than when the Receivers'
made their purchase and locomotives
have advanced from $2,000 to $3 000 In
price. The equipment alone. If pur
chased to-day, would cost five millions
more and the other Improvements ore
million more.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
Germany Et 11 C bjecta to the Plan of Cbll gaton
Arbitration.
At a meeting Wednesday afternoon
of the arbitration committee the ques
tion whether arbitration should be
obligatory or optional was raised and
drew a categorical declaration from the
German delegate to the effect that he
Hnd received formal Instructions not to
accept the principle of obligatory arbi
tration, otherwise than by special con
vention. In view of this statement article 10 of
the Russian proposal was struck out
and replaced by a provision declaring
that arbitration should be optional, ex
cept In case of convention between
the powers. All the delegates ad
hered to this, M. Bourgeois, head of the
French delegation, declaring; he accept
ed it only as a compromise.
Generals Wll fcs Rstalned.
It Is said at the war department that
the return of the volunteer organisa
tions from the Philippines will have no
effect on tne ranK 01 tne volunteer
general officers now on duty there.
The number of general officers depends
not on the particular organizations in
the service, but on the total numb-r or
men. The luw provides for one major
general to every 12,000 men.
There will bo In the. joint establish
ment when the present recruiting ar
rangements are completed about 78.000
men. There are now three major gen
erals In the regulnr establishment,
Miles, Merrltt and Brooke. In the Vol
unteers, Shatter, Otis, Lawton and
MucArthur. This arrangement will
probably stand, as there Is a fraction
over tne quota of men for six major
generals.
AT TUE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Surgeon Clendln, U. S. A., died at
Eantiugo, Cuba, from yellow fever.
Gov. Roosevelt denies the rumor
that he Is to succeed Alger as Secre'
tary of War.
President McKlnley called Governor
Roosevelt, of New Yi rli, to Washing
ton to consult him about the new vol
unteer army. He made It pluln that
he Intends to take personal charge ot
the war.
Brig. Gen. Joe Wheeler has been as
signed to the Philippines. The general
Is pleased at 111s gooa fortune, as he
considers It.
Hon, Allen W. Thurman says he Is
not a canuiante ror trie oiuce of vice
president. HI name has not been de
cided on for the ticket with Bryan.
F4U-I Fire at Memphis.
Fire broke out In the establishment
of the Memphis, Tenn., Paper Com
pany at the corner of Gayoso and
'ront streets Wednesday and eamtd
tne loss of one life, the fatal in J 111 y of
ex-Fire chief Cleary and the serious
Injury of Asslstunt Fire chief James
Ryan, besides a property loss of ttbuut
stiv.wu. ,
HAD PLANNED ID WRECK I TRAIN.
FIENDISH BOYS.
Obstructions Placed on the Track Which Would
Have Wrecked On of the Fastest
Trains In the Country.
Five boys attempted to wreck the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Federal express train a few days ago
In the yards at West Chester. Two
Were arrested and the police nre look
ing for the others. The prisoners are
James Hannignn nnd James McMnnn,
ootn i years old.
The boys took an Iron rnll. known as
a "spreader." seven feet long nnd two
nnd a hnlf Inches In diameter, nnd
laying one end on the trnck wedged
the other underneath a rail. The act
was seen by John Fallhy. a section
foreman, who, with a gang of work
men, cleared the trnck a few moments
before the train dashed by. One end nf
trip bar had been wedged under on"
rnll nnd driven so hnrd that It entered
the earth for about two feet. On either
side nf this end were stones and heavy
iron braces driven Into the earth. The
"spreader" was placed diagonnlly
across the track, a small crowbar wa
driven Into the earth close to It. and a
piece of Iron rnll placed endwise braced
the bar. So firm was the whole thing
thnt hnd the locomotive struck It, rnll
rond men said. It would have been
hurled from the trnck.
After the train hnd pnssed Falhy re
ported the matter to Cnptnin Dean,
who sent detectives out to arrest the
boys. The lads were arraigned and
committed for examination.
The Federal express of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rnll
rood Is one of the fastest trains In this
part of the country. It usually has
about seven Pullman coaches, but on
the day nf the attempted wreck there
were nine, owing to the press of travel
H. AV. Sellers, aged 33 years, nf
Reading, Pn., was detected Sunday In
the net of wedging spikes nnd bolts to
the rails of the Mt. Penn Gravity rail
road. Trains run frequently, nnd on
Sundnys carry their greatest crowds.
Irwin Bendencup nnd Charles
Phenrer snw him on his hands and
knees nt the act. When they attempt
ed to arrest him he fought desperately,
hut was finally overpowered, and now
occupies n cell at the police station.
He Is believed to be Insane.
FOUR YEARS OF HORROR.
Drey fie Embraces His Brother Grateful To
ward His Friend.
Matthew Dreyfus paid his first Visit
to bis brother last Wednesday the in
terview lasting hnlf nn hour. The
brothers threw themselves into each
other's arms. Matthew said he found
his brother aged and broken In health,
but not the pbyslenl wreck he feared,
In spite of his sufferings Dreyfus' eyes
nre ns bright, ond his mind ns clear,
and his Intelligence ns keen ns when he
wns occupied with his duties on the
general staff.
The prisoner Is still sufTerlna; from
dysentery, but It Is now slight and
there Is every reason to believe he will
rnpldly recuperate his force. Naturally
he Is under medical treatment.
Matthew found his brother In good
spirits anil buoyed up by the necessity
of mustering all his strength for the
coming ordeal and by the hope that at
last he will have Justice done him. He
Is extremely reserved as to his life on
Devil's Island which hns left an Indel
ible Impression and remains In his
memory ns n horrible night mare. Drey,
fus looks back to his existence of the
past four yenrs with relief, tinged with
a feeling of horror of a sane mon who
has escaped from a mad house.
He declares his brain Is almost reel
ing in the face of the mass of docu
ments nnd explanations MM. Demnnge
nnd Labor! are bringing out regarding
the extraordinary machinations of his
enemies and the persevering devotion
of his friends Dreyfun Is astounded nnd
full of heartfelt gratitude at their self
sacrlllce. This feeling Is particularly
strong ns regnrds Col. Plrquart, whom
he hardly remembers and the story of
whose persecution has profoundly
moved him.
No Lack of Volunteers.
It was stated at the war department
a few days ago that almost every offi
cer who served In tho volunteer army
during the war with Spain and who
hnd been honorably mustered out, has
again offered his services to meet the
needs ot the Philippine campaign.
Altogether no less than 10,000 applica
tions for commissions In the new
volunteer army now forming have
been received at the wur department
end have been placed on the files.
A Rich Msn's 'lomb.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind
millionaire merchant prince, of New
York, who has made such largo con
tributions to Charleston, his native
town, is building a tomb at Winchester
Virginia, where he expects to be
burled, costing $1)10,000. It Is of Grecian
Doric architecture, modeled after a
tomb built at Athens 4!0 years B. C.
Mr. Rouss has a standing offer ot $1.
OO0.0UO as a reward to any person who
can restore his eyesight to him.
Americans 8cora Point.
The American delegates scored a
great success last Thursday in ob
taining from the Peace Conference a
unanimous vote In favor of having the
question of private property at sua in
time of war dealt with at a special
conference to be summoned hereafter.
Much diplomatic management was
necessnry, and many obstacles had to
be surmounted before this result was
reached,
Innocent Negro Killed.
While hunting for some negroes who
broke Jail at Foil-burn, (la., Sunday,
citizens shot and killed Abner Calhoun
an Innocent negro, In Campbell county,
n short distance from Palmetto and
Newman, the scene nf serious racial
disturbances six months ago. Calhoun
on seeing white men with guns ap
proaching him started to run and was
shot down.
CABLE FLASHES.
London Is flooded with American
actors.
England Is still sending war material
and otllcers to South Africa.
Gueen Kapluluni, widow of king Ka
lakuuu of the Hawallun Islands, Is
dead.
The National Trust of London hns
offered $250,000 for the Lakes of Mil
iar ney.
London hotels are so crowded with
Americans that muny are being turned
away.
Admiral Cervera and his officers
have been acquitted by a Spanish
court-martiul.
President Cableras of Guatemala
attempted to force $6,000,000 of paper
money Into circulation. Guatemala In
now on the verge of another serious
revolution.
Prince Henri d'Orleans writes as fol
lows to the Matin of Paris: "f will
bow before the decision of the Rennes
court-martial as I did before that ot
the court-martial of 1804. France, re
lieved of this abscess will be able to
resume her glorious rule."
THE MAKRtTS.
, riTTsnURfl.
firsln, Floor and Peed.
WHEAT No. 9 red. 60
WHEAT No. 1 new 71
COKN No S yellow, ear. 40
No. 1 yellow, sbellea 89
Mixed ear 87
OATH No. 3 white 81
No. 8 white 81
liYK No. J (17
FLOUIt Winter pstents 4 00
Fane straight winter B 7A
79
1
41
40
8t
81
83
08
i 10
8 85
13 79
0 B0
17 00
14 SO
13 50
6 00
6 00
4 00
1 60
DAY-NO. 1 timothy 13 ib
Clover, No. 1 0 29
FEED No. 1 white mid., ton.. 16 M
Drown middlings... 1. ., 14 00
liran. bulk 13 00
BTHAW Wheat 6 7.1
Ont B 79
BF.F.DH Jleilliim lied Clover.. 8 75
Timothy, prime 1 25
l'alry Products,
BCTTEIt Elgin creamery... 10
Ohio eresmery
Fnnry country roll 10
CHKKHE Ohio, new OH
New York, new 09
Fruits and Vegstalilert,
PEANB Croen V bu 73(
I'OTATOKH Knney Itose.V bbl 8 M
OA PHAGE Per rrntn 1 00
ONION'S por doz bunches 10
Poultry, Ete,
IIFNS per pair H)
C'HK'KKNH dressed 19
1 V II KEYS dressed 14
Euas r. sad Ohio, froih.... 15
SI
17
11
09
10
90
8 (0
1 2
15
I1AI.TIMOHG.
Fl.orit I 8 7Br 4 01
WHKAT No. Hred 73
CORN Mixed 85
OATH 82 81
EOOH 14 ifj
lit ITElt Ohio creamery 19
miLADrXPHIA
FLOl'It .. 8 85( 8 85
WHEAT No. 3 red 74 75
I'OHN No. 2 mixed 87 88
OATH No. a white 81 8a
KITTKH C'renmery, extra.... 18 1!
LOGS PeuDsyiTsnln firsts.... 14 15
NEW lOIIK,
FLOUI1 rntents t 4 00 4 20
WHEAT No. a red frO
f.'OHN No. a 83
OATH White Western 81
HUTTE 11 Creamery. -. 15 18
KUUH KtalB of I'oun 14 15
LI VIS STUCK.
I entrel stock Yards, Kast Liberty, Pa
CATTLE.
Trlme. 1.100 to 1400 lbs 6 80r$ 8 40
flood, 1200 to 1300 Itis 5 16 5 SO
Tltlv, 1000 to 1160 Itis 6 00 6 15
Inlr light steers, 0110 to 1000 Hit 4 60 4 90
Common, 700 to 9U0 It 4 15 4 40
BOOS.
Medium 4 IS 4 20
Heavy 4 15 4 It
Houghs aud stags 8 41) 8 00
BUKEF.
Trlme, 0.1 to 105 lbs 4 70 4 0
Oood, rJ6 to IK) His 4 41 4 0)
l air, 70 to to lbs 8 CO 4 26
Common a 39 8 25
Veal Calves 0 0J 7 00
I.AUUS.
Pprincer, extra 0 60 7 00
hpringer, good to choice 0 25 (1 61)
Common to fair 6 00 6 76
Extra yearlings, light 6 00 6 2J
flood to choice yearlings 4 75 b OJ
Medium 4 25 4 2i
Common 8 25 4 25
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Falling Off In the Hxport ol Wheat Etr kes
Ammiio.i Workers,
R. O. Dun & Co. 'a review of trade
reports as follows for lust week:
Failures of the first hulf of 1899, with
banking und llniiiiclul Included as in
all other accounts published, were
4,884, with liabilities of $49.604,ISU1, Com
mercial failures were 4,853, with lia
bilities of $1,002,933, of which $16,723.
3Ci3 were manufacturing and $3,0U,3ti4
Were trading.
In the second quarter failures were
the smallest ever reported In that quar
ter for l!i yars, for which quarterly re
ports have been made by this agency.
The average per fullure, $7,1Gj, Is the
smallest ever known In any quurter;
the average per llrm in business, $12 20,
und the ratio of defuultcd liabilities to
solvent exchanges, ti2 cents per $1,000,
are both the smallest ever known In
any quarter. In 10 out of 14 branches
of manufacturing, failures were smaller
than in the same quurter of four of the
previous live yeurs, and In 13 out of 14
trading branches. The large failures
for $100,000 or more were only two In
trading for $24,088, less than a tenth of
th smallest previous year, and only 15
In all for $2,417,180, from n fifth to a
tenth ot previous yeurs. The decrease
in smull failures Is worth special study.
Wheat declined three-eighths of a
cent, exports being but 2,2.r0,021 bushels
for the week, Hour Included, against
2,643,139 bushels lust year, for both
coasts, although western receipts were
3,861,623 bushels, against 618.492 bushel!
lust year. If the farmers actually car
ried over 6.",000,000 bushels or more a
year ago, after $1 25 to $2 per bushel
had been paid ut Chicago for some
months, as one farming Journal esti
mates, they need the education which
they are getting, but the claim still en
tirly fulls to account for their liberal
spilling this year at lower prices. Con
tradictory guesses and hopes continue,
but this year is very hard on predic
tions. Corn exports are twice last
year's, 2,378,708 bushels, against 1,208,
255 bushels last yeur for the week, and
the price declined a quarter. The cot
ton movement still Indicates a greater
surplus thun wus expected, but disas
trous floods In Texas caused a six
teenth advance, which dispatches from
tliut quurter do not auem to warrant.
The loss, much or little, would not ma
terially affect a year's business.
acurclty und high prices ot iron and
Its products can no longer be reckoned
evidence of good times. In the Shen
ango valley six furnuces have been
stopped by a strike for 20 per cent
more wages, and minor strikes are re
ported ut various Iron works, the tin
plate Btrlke being yet unsettled. New
orders reported continue lurgo, beinrf
evidently reported week after week at
different cities becuUBe not taken, but
new orders accumulated do not equal
the output of the works. Predictions of
great scarcity of pig Iron have lifted
the price still further to 81.2 per cent
of the averuge Junuury, 1887, but sev
erul more furnaces are going Into op
eration and the Illinois Hteel Company
has contracted for others of the largest
cupacity.
Textile manufactures are doing well,
and In woolen goods prices tend up
ward with a considerably better de
mand, but sales ot 9,8.'S,700 pounds at
the three chief markets were mainly
to dealers, and the udvunce In price,
19.67 cents per pound averuge for 100
(imitations by Coulee Ilros., against
18.76 cents June 15, and 18.01 cents May
15, does not Invite heuvy transactions.
Cotton goods show no pressure to sell,
but are quieter and the Increased
manufacture at the Houth la fult each
year more clearly In northern mills.
The volume of business for the first
week ot July has been 34 per cent
greater than last year and 49.9 per cent
greater than In 1893.
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